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Have you seen our TVs?
Hello internet. It’s been a while. It’s been a crazy week.
On Saturday our house was broken into. Our two TVs, XBox 360 with 27 games, and two iPods were stolen. I still can’t believe it happened. Hopefully today we will hear from our insurance company and can go TV shopping. Since it happened in the daytime, the cops, and us, agree that it was probably someone that’s been in our house and knew where things were. We suspect my Wife’s Uncle, who has been in and out of jail on various drug charges, but we have no proof. The police took prints, so hopefully they can catch the person, but chances are pretty slim. The chances of us getting our stuff back is even slimmer. We never wrote down the serial numbers. The cop said that’s about the only way to get our stuff back. Then it would only be if they tried to pawn our stuff. Pawn shops would run the serial number, and it would come up stolen. I now have the serial numbers of all our electronics in Evernote, another great use of that service. I don’t care so much about our stuff. It’s only stuff and all easily replaceable. It would be nice to see the guy get caught though. I’m so glad that’s all they took. They left all the computers, and my iPad. Those would have been worse because of the data they contain. I had find my iPhone set up on the iPod Touch that they took, but haven’t been able to find it yet. As soon as someone gets online with it, I should find out, and my iPod should then lock them out. I still changed a bunch of passwords though just in case.
So our house is in shambles, and tomorrow we are having a painter paint a few of our rooms that have high ceilings. I was originally going to paint them myself, but they estimated it at $425. For that price they can do it. I’m sure they can do a better job, and have it done faster. Well worth the money if you ask me. I hate painting.
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Tony Sly’s final performance
Three of my favorite punk bands from the 90s are NOFX, Lagwagon, and No Use For A Name. We sadly lost Tony Sly from No Use For A Name on July 31st. This video was was the very last song he ever performed live. It was a NOFX cover he played with Joey Cape from Lagwagon. In case you don’t know, that’s Joey Cape on the left and Tony Sly on the right. I still can’t believe Tony Sly is gone.
via Punknews.org
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A night I wont forget
Yes I stayed up late to watch Curiosity land. There is no way I would have been able to sleep knowing it was about to land on Mars. I actually had this day marked on the calendar since the day it launched. I knew I had today off, and I’m so glad I did. I have no idea how much attention the main stream media was giving it, but it was all over then internet. I didn’t know who’s coverage to watch, but I’m a big fan of Fraser Cain’s Virtual Star Parties on Google+, so I watched their coverage. It did not disappoint. I feel sorry for the people that had no idea what was going on. It was pretty amazing.
Those seven minutes knowing that it has either landed or crashed, and we just had to wait for the data to arrive were pretty nerve-wracking. The slow speed of light can be annoying at times. Once were heard the news everybody went crazy, including my Twitter feed. It was a night I will never forget. The crazy looking sky crane worked to land on fucking Mars!
Just minutes after the land we got our first images, and I was able to go to bed happy.
Science is so frickin’ cool.
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comic via XKCD
gif via Drew Olanoff on Google+
image via NASA/JPL through Wired
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RIP Tony Sly
One of my rock heroes died today. I’ve been a No Use For A Name fan since the early 90s. I own all their albums. I’m lucky enough to have seen No Use… in concert once, and Tony performing his solo music once. 41 is way too young to go. No details have been released yet on the cause of death. I’m still keeping my fingers crossed that it’s just a big hoax, but I kind of doubt it. Here are some videos to remember the great Tony Sly, and his band, No Use For A Name.
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How to build a bookshelf (with your penis)?
I don’t think I will be following these instructions on building a bookshelf for a few reasons. First I’m a bit bigger than 3.4”, and second, I’m not nearly has good with a saw.
via Nerdist
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Gymnastics mind blown
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Fuck You Aurora
I kind of forgot about the Alkaline Trio song “Fuck You Aurora” until today. It was probably one of my favorites off their 2000 album Maybe I’ll Catch Fire. The song most likely refers to Aurora, IL, but recent events have sure changed the meaning of this song to me. Here are the Lyrics:
My, my what a mess we’ve made
Of our pretty little heads these days.
It appears a heavy wind’s blown through here recently.
Best wishes have been made for you.
You never had no say it’s true.
You have to be the cutest gravedigger I’ve ever seen.
And all your lonely nights
In the city of lights are much like
All these crowded bars I so often find my stupid self-stumbling through.
My, my what a mess was made of my head
When I heard what you’d been through that day.
It appears a violent storm’s passed through you recently.
Letters meant to be sent have been torn.
The phone lies off the hook, on the floor.
All these "I’m sorry"s and "I miss you"s are useless.
I fucked this one up long ago.
And all your lonely nights
In the city of lights are much like
All these crowded bars I so often find my stupid self-stumbling through.
Fuck you Aurora, you took my only friend.
And although it’s all my fault,
The blaming myself had to come to an end. So I say:
Fuck you Aurora, you took my only friend.
You won’t catch me behind the wheel
Of a Chrysler ever again.
My, my what a mess we’ve made
Of our precious little lives these days.
It appears a big fucking tornado has twisted us up recently.
Best wishes have been made for you.
You never had no say it’s true.
You have to be the cutest gravedigger I’ve ever seen.
And all your lonely nights in the city of lights are much like
All these crowded bars I so often find my stupid self-stumbling through.
Fuck you Aurora, you took my only friend.
And although it’s all my fault,
The blaming myself had to come to an end. So I say:
Fuck you Aurora, you took my only friend.
You won’t catch me behind the wheel
Of a Chrysler ever again -
New Music Saturday: The Wonder Years
Yeah, I know it’s not Saturday, but it’s close enough. The Wonder Years are another band that are pretty popular in my world, but I don’t know how popular they are in the real world. This week they released a video to a new song that is going to be included with a book that they are releasing titled “Living Room Song”. I’m really digging it. Sometimes the simplest videos are the best.
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My take on the Aurora tragedy
I’ve been reading Twitter all day, but couldn’t come up with words that haven’t already been said about today’s tragedy. I use to live in Aurora. Now that city will forever be attached to this horrible event just like Littleton is.
What drives me nuts about these events is how different groups are quick to blame, or use the tragedy to force their agenda. People will blame video games, movies, TV, or even Marilyn Manson. The right blames gun control and believe this wouldn’t happen if everybody was carrying a gun. The left thinks we need more gun control to keeps the guns off the streets.
I’m not a gun guy, but I think our gun laws are probably just fine. With the exception to assault rifles that is. Is there a logical reason to own an assault rifle? Stricter gun laws would only punish the 99.9% of the responsible gun owners. The criminals will always find their way to get guns. We shouldn’t let dumbasses limit the rights of honest Americans.
In reality we will probably never know what causes these tragedies, but one thing we could try is not making these guys famous. The cable news networks are always looking for big stories, so when something like this happens they sensationalize the shit out of them, turning the shooter into a celebrity. This can’t be good, and a simple change in reporting could prevent future shootings without taking away any innocent person’s rights.
The sad reality is that this is the cost of freedom. As long as we have our freedoms, things like this are going to happen. To put it into perspective, there are probably 100s of people killed in car accidents daily, and who know how many horrific events that happen in other countries that don’t make our news.
Also, did you notice that the terrorism word hasn’t come up? Probably because it was a white guy, but that’s another story.
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Out-of-context clips failing to make Mr. Wizard look like a dick
I ran across this video on io9 of out-of-context clips of Mr. Wizard being a dick. Mr. Wizard was so great, that even the out-of-context clips barely make him look like a dick. It’s funny that someone tried to make him look like a dick, but it’s more fun to get a glimpse back into my childhood. I remembered every single one of these episodes. Mr. Wizard was my favorite as a kid. I could never get enough of Mr. Wizard’s World.
via io9
